 The guarded gold ; so eagerly the fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. 950  Paradise Lost - Page 73by John Milton - 1896 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 410 pages
...So lab'ring on with shoulders, hands, and head,] " So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, thro' strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Full in the middle way there stood a lake, Which Curl's Corinna chanc'd that mom to make: (Such was... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 406 pages
...So lab'ring on with shoulders, hands, and head,] " So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, thro' strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Full in the middle way there stood a lake, Which Curl's Corinna chanc'd that morn to make: (Such was... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth 945 Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly the fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or ran 1 , With head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps,... | |
 | Aeschylus - 1827 - 258 pages
...through the wilderness Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold: so eagerly the fiend, O'er bog,...With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way." dumb and ravenous hounds of Jove, and the equestrian bands of the one-eyed Arimaspians', who dwell... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 434 pages
...For the rarenew, and rare effect of that petition, I'll insert it as presented. Clarendon. Milton. So eagerly the fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait,...With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way. Above the rest I judge one beauty rare. Id. Hiğ temperance in sleep resembled that of his meals ;... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 422 pages
...controversies, which, like a gulph, have swallowed up so much time of learned men. Decay of Piety. With head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wadet, or creeps, or flies. Mil. It is hard to wude deep in baths where springs arise. Brotntc. Simonides,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 428 pages
...time to prosecute that gracious method, but forced him to a quicker and rougher remedy. Clarendon. The fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, Pursues his way. Milton. Before the cloudy van, In the rough edge of battle ere it joined, Sa'on advanced.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1831 - 807 pages
...o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues theArimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloinM The guarded gold : so eagerly the fiend O'er bog,...way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or fliĞ; At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confus'd. Borne through... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies ; At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confus'd, Borne through the... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 1094 pages
...Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth The guarded gold : so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, thro' strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies: At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confus'd, With loudest vehemence:... | |
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